Hardyes GCSE Aos2 Reich

What is the name of the technique used in minimalism where you gradually build up a motif by adding a few notes on each repeat.

What is the texture of this piece?

This piece uses 12/8 and 3/2 timesignatures at the same time.  What is this called?

Who was this piece written for?

What key does this piece start in?

What key does it change to later in the piece?

Apart from Electric Guitar, what other instrument is used in this piece?

Give one technological effect used in this piece.

Which word best describes the slowly changing harmony in this piece?

Name a world music which had an influence on the development of minimalism.

When was this piece composed?

In the middle of the piece, the texture thickens, the dynamic gets louder and some of the guitars start playing with a different technique.  What technique is this?

What is the name for one note which is held under a changin harmony above?

Which word best describes different rhythms working against each other?

What is an OSTINATO

• A question and answer melody

• A motif that is imitated in other parts

• A short repeating motif

This piece would have been played live by seven musicians.

• True

• False

Why is this piece called Electric Counterpoint?

• Because it uses electric instruments and you have to count the beats.

• Becase it uses electric instruments and Counterpoint mean 'melodies working against each other' (like polyphonic)

• Because it used electricity in it's performance and Reich used lots of countermelodies to the main themes.

What is a Canon?

• When one part imitates another but not exactly.

• When one part copies another exactly.

• When one part copies another exactly but on a later beat.

What is a RESULTANT MELODY?

• The lowest sounding melody

• The melody that you get as a result of hearing the highest sounding notes as a new melody, when two or more motifs are played together.

• The result of playing one melody at half the speed of another.